Author, Writer, Poet
Just in time for the Winter Solstice!
Pleased to share my new poem, “Call Me Before It Melts”, which just appeared in The Shore poetry magazine. Thank you to the editors Sarah Brockhaus, Caroline Chavatel, John A. Nieves for curating such a strong issue, and I’m honored to be included.
https://www.theshorepoetry.org/terry-tierney-call-me-before-it-melts
Thank you to Founding Editor Jessica Frelow and Discretionary Love Journal for including my poem, “Oblivion”.
Be sure to check out the other great authors in the October issue.
I’m thrilled to be reading in the Blue Light at the Gallery series hosted by the amazing poet Diane Frank!
In addition to a few poems from Why Trees Stay Outside, I plan to read a few new poems for the first time.
Joining me will be a stellar lineup of Sandra Anfang, William Greenwood, and David Oliveira.
The show starts on zoom at 6pm PDT (9pm EDT) Friday 9/5/25. RSVP by emailing Diane at bluelightpress@aol.com to get the link.
You can find more about Why Trees Stay Outside and my other work on my home page at https://www.terrytierney.com
Please join us at Lit Crawl Sebastopol on Saturday 5/17 at 5pm for homegrown lit, conversation, craft and community!
Catch a taste of prose and poetry from five Bay Area Unsolicited Press authors: Sommer Schafer—THE WOMEN, Patricia Q. Bidar—Pardon Me for Moonwalking (coming this fall), LeeAnn Pickrell—Gathering the Pieces of Days, Kerry Donoghue—Mouth, and Terry Tierney—Why Trees Stay Outside.
The entire article includes insights from journal editors, and quotes many outstanding first lines: https://schoolofplot.com/blogs/writing-guides/what-are-editors-looking-for-in-first-lines.
Here is an excerpt from the article:
“What are editors looking for in a first line?
The School of Plot reached out to the editors of some really cool literary magazines and asked them what makes a first line stand out. These are people who read more opening lines in a month than most of us read in a year, and they’re reading discerningly.”
Thank you to Ophelia Monet, Editor-in-Chief at Wildness Literary Magazine! You can read the journal here: https://wildscapelit.com/issue-1/
And here is “Apology”
